Rein-holder for cultivators.



No. 656,756. Patented Aug. 28, 1900.. J. s. STOCKTON.

BEIN HOLDER FOR CULTIVATORS.

(Ap lication filed June 1, 1900.) (No Model.)

UNTTE TA Es JAMES SILAS STOCKTON, OF HONEY GROVE, TEXAS.

.RElN-HOLDER FOR CULTHVATORS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 656,756, dated August28, 1900.

Application filed June 1, 1900. Serial No. 18,776. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, JAMES SILAS STOCKTON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Honey Grove, in the county of Fannin and State ofTexas, have invented a new and useful Rein-Holder for Cultivators, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in rein-holders for cultivators.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction ofrein-holders for cultivators and the like and to providea sim ple,inexpensive, and efficient device adapted to be mounted on the rear endof a draftbar, beam, or analogous member of a cultivator and capable ofsupporting the reins in an elevated position within convenient reach ofthe driver to obviate the necessity of his placing the reins around aportion of his body and to permit the free use of his arms in operatingthe cultivator.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cultivator providedwith a reinholder constructed in accordance with this invention, therein-supporting frame being in an inclined position, Fig. 2 is anenlarged detail perspective View of the rein-holder, the rein-supportingframe being in a horizontal position. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectionalview of the same.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawlugs 1 designates a rein-supporting frame composed oftwo sides 2, designed to be pivoted at their lower or front ends by atransverse rod 3 at the rear end of the draft-beam l of a cultivator andadapt ed to be raised and lowered to support the reins at differente1evations. The sides 2 are connected near their rear ends by atransverse bar or piece 4, which has its terminals extended upward toform arms 5, and the rear ends of the sides 2 are curved outward to formsupporting-arms 6. The arms 5 of the transverse connectingpiece a areriveted or otherwise secured to the sides 2, which are inwardly bent inadvance of the transverse connecting-piece 4: at 7, but which may havetheir front portions otherwise shaped to adapt them to the part to whichthey, are to be pivoted. The ter minals of the arms 5, are curveddownward and outward to form hooks 8 for engaging over the upper edgesof the reins, which are supported upon the upper edges of theoutwardly-bent arms 6, and when the reins are supported by the arms 6and engaged under the hooks 8 they cannot become accidentally disengagedfrom the supporting-frame bythe movements of the horse or other draftani-. mal or animals. The reins extend across the rear portion of thepivoted supporting-frame and are held in convenient position to bereadily grasped by the driver, and the said rein-supporting frame willpermit the reins to be drawn backward freely without disengaging themfrom the arms 5 and 6; also, the reins are prevented from dragging uponthe ground and from becoming caught in the whiftletrees of thecultivator or around the hubs of the wheels.

The transverse rod 3, which forms the pivot of the rein-supportingframe, passes through the opposite sides of a substantially-rectangularframe 9, secured to the opposite faces of the rear end of the plow-beamP and extending rearward therefrom. The sides 2 of therein-supportingframe are located at the outer faces of thesides of the rectangularframe and are supported in an inclined position by a brace 10,consisting of a substantially U-shaped stirrup or piece, having theterminals of its sides 11 pivoted to the sides of the rein-supportingframe at points between the ends thereof by a transverse rod 12. Thebrace 10 is arranged outside of the horizontal supporting-frame 9 andextends rearward therefrom, and it is provided at its lower longitudinaledges with notches 13 and 14, which are adapted to receive projections15, extending laterally from opposite sides of the supporting-frame 9and preferably formed by a transverse rod which extends entirely acrossand through the sides of the supporting frame. When the projections areengaged with the lower notches let of the brace, the rein-supportingframe is held in an inclined position, and when the upper recesses 13are engaged with the projections the rein-supporting frame is locked ina horizontal position, as illustrated in Fig. 2 of the accompanyingdrawings. The horizontal supporting-frame is provided at the upper edgesof its sides with recesses 16, which receive the transverse pivot-rod 12when the reinsupporting frame is arranged in a horizontal position. Thebrace which supports and locks the pivoted frame 1 extends rearward fromthe supporting-frame and is adapted to be readily lifted by the operatorto disengage it from the supporting-frame, with which it is interlockedby means of the said projections and recesses.

It will be seen that the rein-holder is exceedingly simple andinexpensive in construction, that it is adapted to be readily applied tothe rear end of the draft beam of a cultivator, and that it is capableof holding the reins in an elevated position to prevent them fromdragging upon the ground or becoming caught in any part of the implementor the harness. It will also be apparent that when the reins areinterlocked with the upwardly and laterally extending arms 5 and 6 theycannot become accidentally disengaged therefrom by horse motion and thatthey are stretched across the rein-supporting frame in convenientposition to be grasped by the operator and that they may be drawnbackward without disengaging them from the pivoted rein-supportingframe.

What is claimed is- 1. A rein-holder for plows, cultivators and thelike, comprising a pivoted frame arranged to swinglongitudinally of acultivator or plow and provided at opposite sides with outwardly andupwardly extending arms adapted to receive the reins, and means forholding the pivoted frame in its adjusted position, substantially asdescribed.

2. A rein-holder for plows, cultivators and the like provided Wit-hlaterally-extending arms for supporting the reins and havingupwardly-extending arms terminating in hooks arranged to engage theupper edges of the reins to retain the latter on the supportingarms,substantially as described.

3. A rein-holder for plows, cultivators and the like provided with arein supporting frame composed of sides having outwardly extendedterminals forming rein-supporting arms, means for connecting the sidesof the frame, and the upwardly-extending arms 10"- cated in advance ofthe rein-supporting arms and terminating in outwardly extending hooksfor engaging the upper edges of the reins, substantially as described.

4. A rein-holder for plows, cultivators and the like, comprising asupport, a pivoted reinsupporting frame mounted on the said support andprovided with rein-receiving arms, and a brace connecting thesupporting-frame with the support, and pivoted to one of the parts anddetachably interlocked with the other, substantially as described.

5. A rein-holder for plows, cultivators and the like comprising asupporting-frame adapted to receive the reins and capable of beingraised and lowered, a support having the supporting-frame pivotallymounted on it, projections extending from opposite sides of the support,and the substantially-rectangular brace or stirrup pivoted to thesupporting-frame and extending rearward from the support, and providedwith recesses to receive the said projections, substantially asdescribed.

6. A rein-holder forplows, cultivators and the like comprising asubstantially-rectangular frame provided at the upper edges of its sideswith recesses, a rein-supporting frame pivotally mounted on the saidframe and provided with rein-supporting arms, atransverse rod extendingacross and projecting from the rectangular frame, and a brace pivoted tothe rein-supporting frame and arranged on the exterior of therectangular frame and engaging the said rod, substantially as described.

7. A rein-holder for plows, cultivators and the like, comprising apivoted frame arranged to swing upward and downward longitudinally of aplow or cultivator, said pivoted frame being provided with means forsupporting the reins, and a pivoted brace arranged to support the framein its several positions and adapted to permit the same to be readilyraised and lowered, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES SILAS STOCKTON.

Witnesses:

J. H. SooTr, W. E. STOCKTON.

